home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!cip-s08!wisser
- From: wisser@cip-s08.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Ulrich Wisser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Metafont font generation for TeX
- Date: 26 Jan 93 11:38:07 GMT
- Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik - RWTH Aachen
- Lines: 27
- Message-ID: <wisser.728048287@cip-s08>
- References: <1993Jan21.132709.2285@ohm.york.ac.uk>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: cip-s08.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
- Keywords: TeX Metafont generation
-
- u1jpm@ohm.york.ac.uk (Jonathan P Moore - H600/91) writes:
-
- >Can anybody give me a fools guide on how to set up metafont using
- >Arexx so that when I use dvips or Showdvi it actually generates the
- >font required??
-
- >The docs are a bit skimpy, and my knowledge of Arexx relies upon the
- >manual that comes with Workbench 2 (ie I know nothing!)
-
- >Thanks a lot
-
- >Just a thought - If all Pc`s use 1 Meg *9 Simms? Why would GVP opt
- >to use 1 Meg * 8? Wierd eh? 1 Meg * 9 is a lot cheaper for obvious
- >reasons? I`m definitely going to buy 1 Meg *9 to expand my GVP Hc+8
- >board and my vortex 386sx bridgeboard!
-
- Please use my new version of CallMF (and TeXRexx) they have better
- instructions. So long use setenv and set the enviroment variabel CALLMF
- to MakeTeXFont.rexx (this script should be in Rexx:). If MF is installed
- propperley everything will work.
-
- Ulrich Wisser
- --
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Ulrich Wisser, Mauerstrasse 44, W-5100 Aachen, Germany
- voice : +49-241-33176
- internet : wisser@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
-